Singapore start-up plans clinical trial of a single daily pill for Parkinson’s disease
Credit: NTU Singapore Materials scientists from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a new pill which uses the ...
Tailored education system to benefit kidney transplant patients
Researchers find their computer-tailored education system, 'Your Path to Transplant' increases knowledge and readiness to pursue kidney transplantCredit: TREC (LOS ...
Scientists updated genome editing technology
Researchers compared their developed carriers for delivery of genome editing (GE) tools with other available analogues.Credit: Peter the Great St.Petersburg ...
FAU lands $11 million from US Office of Naval Research for oceanic bioluminescence
Sensor technology will 'illuminate' the role of bioluminescence in marine organismsCredit: Alex Dolce, Florida Atlantic University From the ocean surface ...
Factors inherent to obesity could increase vulnerability to COVID-19
Inflammation in the lungs combined with high viral loads of the novel coronavirus create a perfect storm for obese patients ...
Mass Eye and Ear receives $4M for research on genetic links to Alzheimer’s resistance
Five-year-gift to Joseph Arboleda-Velasquez, MD, Ph.D., enables further investigation of potential genetic resistance to Alzheimer's as he works toward an ...
Sunfleck use research needs appropriate experimental leaves
New light on sunfleck researchCredit: Thomas E, Marler "All the roads of learning begin in the darkness and go out ...
How a giant short-faced bear reached the California Channel Islands
Credit: Excerpted from Figure 2, from: Mychajliw et al. 2020. Biogeographic problem-solving reveals the Late Pleistocene translocation of a short-faced ...
Scientists explore the obesity paradox, cardiovascular risk of HIV
Credit: Kim Ratliff, Production Coordinator, Augusta University The newer generation of HIV drugs have turned the once-lethal infection into a ...
Potent drug supply drop, not domestic drug policies, likely behind 2018 OD death downturn
Credit: University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health PITTSBURGH, Sept. 16, 2020 - The slight decline in drug overdose ...
Europe’s primary forests: What to protect? What to restore?
First international assessment of the protection state of mostly 'untouched' forests in EuropeCredit: Tzvetan Zlatanov Primary forests are forests without ...
Sanford Burnham Prebys receives $3M NIH award for drugs that restore immune response to COVID-19
Scientists will study how SARS-CoV-19 hijacks the immune system and creates a 'cytokine storm'Credit: Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute. ...
Choosing the right cover crop to protect the soil
Credit: Dennis Bowman Farmers around the world are keen to protect their most important asset: their soil. The soil supports ...
Evergreen needles act as air quality monitors
Measuring magnetic particles on needles reveals particulate air pollutionCredit: Paul Gabrielsen/University of Utah Every tree, even an evergreen, can be ...
Nature: Humanity at a crossroads, UN warns in new Global Biodiversity Outlook report
Global Biodiversity Outlook 5 report outlines 8 major transitions needed to slow, then halt nature's accelerating declineCredit: Convention on Biological ...
Future autonomous machines may build trust through emotion
Credit: (U.S. Army) ADELPHI, Md -- Army research has extended the state-of-the-art in autonomy by providing a more complete picture ...
A new research tool, NYU Ad Observatory, tracks political advertising on Facebook
NYU Ad Observatory, developed at NYU Tandon in association with GW's Institute for Data, Democracy & Politics, will increase social ...
uOttawa Ph.D. student receives Fire Researcher of the Year Award
Credit: University of Ottawa Jennifer Keir, a uOttawa PhD student and Research Associate whose research investigates firefighters' health and their ...
UTEP partnership receives federal grant to combat opioid abuse in West Texas counties
Credit: Ivan Pierre Aguirre, UTEP Communications. EL PASO, Texas - The University of Texas at El Paso's Minority AIDS Research ...
Theoretically, two layers are better than one for solar-cell efficiency
Credit: Akhlesh Lakhtakia, Penn State Solar cells have come a long way, but inexpensive, thin film solar cells are still ...
